SoS: January 30th, 2012 ~ February 5th, 2012

Friday

Prep: Hot shower, soak brush
CD: Blues Gold, disc 2 ~ various later artists
Coffee: Home roasted, fresh ground Ethiopia Illubabor, BLACK
Soap: Muhle Sandalwood
Brush: Vulfix 404, The Grosvenor badger/boar mix
Razor: '61 Fatboy @ 6
Blade: Dorco ST-301, day 5, 3+ passes
Post: Cold water rinse, Dickenson's WH, Clubman

Shave Rating: 4 Blades

Not bad. I'll take it.

 

Gillette Old Type
Voskhod
Semogue OC Boar
Bigelow SC
Alum

 

Friday:

Omega Wooden Handle
Super Speed/new 7 AM
Wilkinson Sword Shaving Stick
Hega AS
Obsession For Men EDT

A new blade always makes a big difference in a shave - today, I got really BBS with so little effort. The Wilkinson stick smells so nice and gives fantastic lather. I find it a lot better than the bowl version. The Hega aftershave from Sweden contains a lot of alcohol, but it soothes and relaxes the skin.

 

Friday, February 3, 2012. Good Morning!

Morning Coffee: Hills Brothers Original Blend
Prep: Wash face with Musgo Real Glyce Lime
Razor: Gillette SS
Blade: Gillette 7 O'Clock Blue
Soap: Cella
Brush: Omega 10005
Scuttle: Dirty Bird 1.5
Post: Cold water rinse followed by some Floid Blue

 

Merkur 45 Bakelite
Rapira Swedish SS
M&F Emillion
QED Sandalwood Rose SS
Barbasol Pacific Rush A/S
Ebano & Ebano A/S Balm

Creed - Cuir de Russie

 

It's pretty big (50-60) and entirely random. If I do a decent job honing I wouldn't expect the razor to need anything but a leather strop for the week it's in rotation and it should leave the rotation with a good shaving edge.

 

I love that Stra8 Razor, Very nice

 

Friday!

Hot Shower
Green Marvy Mug
Omega Scarlatti
TSD Mango Coconut Wheat SC
Lord L6
Gillette 7 OC - Blue (2)
Cool Water Rinse
TSD Mango Coconut ASM
TSD Mango Coconut Cologne



Very excited it is Friday and I am off for two days! I wanted to smell like the beach today: Mission Accomplished!

Have a great Friday!

 

Friday

Gillette FB @3
Derby day 2
Vulfix best badger travel brush
Palmolive Methhol shaving cream
TSD Iced Eucalyptus Witch Hazel
Proraso splash



Today we saw the first snow of this winter, a perfect day for my first take on the Palmolive Menthol. I pressed the tube a little to tight and got about twice the size of cream I intended. Needless to say I ended up with an amount of lather good enough for nine passes…
The Palmolive Menthol is really great shaving cream: it lathers very well and the menthol kick is abundant but not freezing. In the past I have used Palmolive Classic, that cream also performed great, but I didn’t care for the scent, so when it was finished it wasn’t replaced. This menthol cream however smells fine and has the added menthol kick bonus.
The TSD Iced witch hazel and the Proraso splash finished the shave in style. Great shave today, DFS.

 

Friday, February 3, 2012 - GEMruary!

1. Prep: Hot shower; Yardley bath bar
2. Coffee: Locally roasted Panamanian w/ cream
3. Lather: Speick - bowl lather
4. Brush: Vulfix 2234 Super
5. Razor: Gem OCMM
6. Blade: TP Gem PTFE (2); 3 passes
7. Post: Cold water rinse; Aqua Velva + Kiehl's Balm

Happy GEMruary! A month of the Gems with the 27th being the centennial of the 1912 patent. The OCMM is still my favorite razor. I hope to be giving it a run for it's money when a friend lends me both a new R41 and a slant to try out. Excellent BBS shave this morning.

Shave Rating - Splendidly Sublime! A definite Single Blader! God Bless!

 

Friday, February 3, 2012

Prep: Hot shower
Soap/cream: Godrej Deluxe Lather
Brush: Ever Ready C40
Razor: Gillette Slim Adjustable I-2 birth year/quarter, (5)
Blade: Lord Platinum (6)
Cold water rinse
Dickinson's Witch Hazel
Flag & Sail Original Brisk AS

Haven't used the Godrej in a while - don't know why! Such a great scent!
The Lord Platinum is still giving yeoman service, going to try and coax
one more day from it, and it seems willing!

70% BBS, 30% DFS

 

Fri. Feb 3
Brush: Vie-Long Horse
Soap/Creme: Poraso Green
Razor: Merkur Progress
Blade: Gillette Blue
Pre: shower and proaso pre/post
Post: Poraso Balm
Result: Another amazing shave.

 

Friday morning, February 3, 2012

Schick I2 Hydro-magic w/ Schick blade (2)
Omega 10066 boar bristle brush,
MWF shaving soap w/ warm water lather,
finish w/ cold water rinse for a DFS!

 

Friday

Razor: Kraut & Dohnal 9/16
Brush: Men-U Boar
Soap: TSD Cool Water type
Toner: witch hazel
A/S: Aqual Velva Ice Sport

My beard wasn't terribly thick this morning, so I decided to get out the K&D. It was my first straight razor, and now seems quite small compared to the 6/8 razors I usually use. The razor was tugging quite a bit when I started the first pass and tugging a lot by the end I paused and got out the barber hone for 5 quick laps and re-stropped then finished the shave. That did the trick and I was able to get a BBS shave!

Before today, I was toying with passing this razor on because it is so small. I think my technique must be getting better because I was able to get a BBS shave just by taking shorter strokes, and a greater number of strokes than I do with the bigger razors.

 

Morning All!

Friday:

Pre: Hot Shower
Razor: Merkur 23c
Blade: Gillette 7 O`Clock Yellow (5)
Cream: Speick
Brush: Omega Boar
Post: Thayers WH, Cold Rinse, Proraso ASB

I went into today's shave not expecting the absolute best, because I figured the blade was getting to the end of its useful life. I usually do 4 pass + touch up shaves every other day, and though my beard is not coarse and bristly, it is not super fine either, so I think 4-5 is a good number for blade life for me. I got what I expected. Some minor tugging on the XTG pass, and even more on the ATG. A fair amount of irritation on my neck as a result, as well as a couple weepers, but this was my doing. And this was only 3 passes, no touch ups. I was debating changing the blade, but I just wanted to see Either way, the Proraso ASB took care of the major irritation, and now, 2 hours later, I don't feel much, if any.

Still, more acceptable than my Philips electric

 

Friday:

Barbasol Prep
Dovo Natural
The Dridecker
D'MEN Sensitive
Alum Block
Witch Hazel
Afta Fresh Balm
Brut After Shave
Have a nice weekend!

 

Friday!

Prep: hot water rinse, hot washing cloth
Music: Vangelis, apocalypse des animaux
Cream: TSD wheat cream, oak leaves & acorns
Brush: Wilkinson Sword boar / badger
Razor: Gillette Old style I got yesterday
Blade: new Timor blade
3 pass shave + some touching up
Post: hot water, cold water, TSD Witch Hazel

Result: BBS! Woohoo!



Have a great day and weekend y'all!

 

Friday, February 3, 2012

Prep :: Shower/Glycerin
Razor :: Merkur Pr ogress /w BRW Handle
Blade :: Personna Med. Prep. (2)
Soap :: RazoRock Mughetto di Bologna
Brush :: Rudy Vey Omega Boar (the tips are splitting)
Post :: Alum, Cold water rinse, WH + Rosewater
AS :: Booster Polar Ice & I Coloniali Emulsion with Rhubarb

 

Friday
No Prep...don't recommend it...no time, and I was very lucky...
Music: The sounds of the loudest razor I've ever had, whacking whiskers
Coffee: Mehmet Effendi Turkish, BLACK
Arko: Shave Stick/Max.Comfort SC face-lathered with Omega 10029 Baby-Pro,boar
1938 Gillette Senator/Perma-Sharp Super D3
Post: Cold water rinse/Arko-Nem moisturizer/Rebul Lavanda Colonia

Whipped up a great face lather with SC, then rubbed a wet Shave stick in circular motions til SC had been rubbed in good and lots of shave soap was applied...Hit with a wet brush and the Uber-lather explosion could probably be seen from 'outer-space'...

Then my Senator armed with a 3 day old Perma-Sharp Super in 2 passes, gave me one of the nicest shaving experiances of my life... Just no other way to put it....

Until I can get some good new shots...I'm including a picture of my Senator Jody took, for those not familier with the breed, here is the lovely.

Have a great weekend everybody!!